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From the Collection of Paul Duval (Online Auction)
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JOHN ALFSEN
Portrait of Paul Duval, 1961
oil on canvas board
signed, titled and inscribed “Painted in Studio #1 of the Studio Building in 1961” on the reverse; unframed
24 x 18 ins ( 61 x 45.7 cms )
Estimated: $200.00 - $300.00
Current bid: $225.00Next bid is: $250.00
Closes January 28th at 02:00:00 PM EST
PETER ASPELL
The Lustful King
oil on card
signed and dated 1986 upper right; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
12.25 x 8.75 ins ( 31.1 x 22.2 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Current bid: $1,600.00Next bid is: $1,800.00
Closes January 28th at 03:30:00 PM EST
PETER ASPELL
Journey of the Sun Goddess
oil on card
signed and dated 1985 upper right; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
12 x 8.5 ins ( 30.5 x 21.6 cms )
Estimated: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Current bid: $2,400.00Next bid is: $2,600.00
Closes January 28th at 05:00:00 PM EST
ABA BAYEFSKY
Figural Works
four graphite drawings and book
“Fruit Vendor” (signed and dated 1990 lower right, 5.75 ins x 8 ins)“Shopkeeper” (signed lower right, 7.75 ins x 5.25 ins);
“Woman with Fruit Baskets” (signed and dated 1990 lower left adhered to reverse of matting, 8 ins x 5.75 ins);
“Profile of a Man” (signed and dated 1976 lower right, 8 ins x 5.25 ins);
each unframed (laid down and matted);
sold with a copy of “Aba Bayefsky in Kensington Market” (Paul Duval [introduction] and Ben Lappin (A Memoir),Mosaic Press, Oakville, 1991, signed and dated by the artist on the titlepage)
8 x 5.75 ins ( 20.3 x 14.6 cms ) ( largest sheet )
Estimated: $150.00 - $200.00
Current bid: $175.00Next bid is: $200.00
Closes January 28th at 02:30:00 PM EST
ROSE-AIMEE BELANGER
The Rock Collector
clay and metal sculpture
signed on the reverse of the chair
20.5 x 7.5 x 10.5 ins ( 52.1 x 19.1 x 26.7 cms ) ( overall )
Estimated: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Next bid is: $500.00
Closes January 28th at 02:30:00 PM EST
ALISTAIR MACREADY BELL
The Thames from Tower Bridge
colour etching
signed, titled and numbered 14/35 in the lower margin
14 x 19.75 ins ( 35.6 x 50.2 cms ) ( plate size )
Estimated: $100.00 - $200.00
Current bid: $100.00Next bid is: $125.00
Closes January 28th at 03:15:00 PM EST
EVANGELINE (EVA) BELL-SMITH HILLS
Selection of Four Works
oils on artist board
“Still Life” (signed lower left, 9 x 11 ins);
“River Landscape” (signed lower left, 6 x 8 ins);
“Cottage Landscape” (signed lower left, 5 x 7 ins);
“Mountain Landscape” (signed and titled (indistinctly) on the reverse (6 x 8 ins);
each unframed
9 x 11 ins ( 22.9 x 27.9 cms ) ( largest )
Estimated: $300.00 - $500.00
Next bid is: $100.00
Closes January 28th at 04:00:00 PM EST
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Three Pastoral Landscapes
three watercolours
each signed lower right; all unframed
6.25 x 9.25 ins ( 15.9 x 23.5 cms ) ( (largest piece) )
Estimated: $500.00 - $700.00
Current bid: $300.00Next bid is: $325.00
Closes January 28th at 04:45:00 PM EST
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Four Canadian National Exhibition Catalogues
catalogues
including 1931, 1937, 1938 and 1939 publications
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Estimated: $150.00 - $250.00
Current bid: $50.00Next bid is: $75.00
Closes January 28th at 04:00:00 PM EST
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Fifteen International Art Auction Catalogues
fifteen catalogues
Phillips - Russian Art, April 1990;
Phillips - Modern British and Irish Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, November 1998;
Sotheby’s London - Post War and Contemporary Art, June 1989;
Sotheby’s New York - Contemporary Art, Part II, May 1989;
Sotheby’s New York - Impressionist and Modern Paintings and Sculpture, Part I, May 1989;
Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc - American Paintings, April 1977;
Sotheby’s New York - Impressionist and Modern Art, Part II, November 1995;
Sotheby’s New York - Impressionist and Modern Paintings and Sculpture, Part II;
Sotheby’s London - Impressionist and Modern Drawings and Watercolours, December 1990;
Sotheby’s New York - Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, February 1989;
Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc.- Rosensaft Collection, March 1976;
Parke Bernet Galleries - Various Owners Paintings, November 1968;
Sotheby’s - Important Old Master Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, May 1981;
Sotheby & Co - Impressionist and Modern Paintings and Sculpture, Watercolours and Drawings, April 1974;
Sotheby’s New York - Important Old Master Paintings, January 1996
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Estimated: $200.00 - $300.00
Next bid is: $50.00
Closes January 28th at 04:15:00 PM EST
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Ten Canadian Art Auction Catalogues
catalogues
Sotheby Parke Bernet - Canadian Art at Auction, 1968-1975 - 4 copies;
Sotheby Parke Bernet - Canadian Art at Auction, 1975-1980;
Sotheby’s Toronto - Canadian Art, Nov. 1981;
Sotheby’s Toronto - Canadian Art, Nov. 1983;
Sotheby’s Toronto - Important Canadian Art, Nov. 2012;
Sotheby’s Toronto - Decorative Works of Art and Paintings, March 1982;
Heffel Fine Art - Fine Canadian Art, May 2002;
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Estimated: $200.00 - $300.00
Next bid is: $50.00
Closes January 28th at 05:00:00 PM EST
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Eleven International Art Journals
eleven journals
“Rare Treasures of the Art World”- The UNESCO Courier, January 1957;
“Menace of the Art Thieves”- The UNESCO Courier, November 1965;
“Revue d’art”- L’Oeil, number 34, October 1957;
“Lucas Cranach à Bâle”- L’Oeil, number 227, June 1974;
“Décor et architecture, Retour de Chine, Le gothique à Valence, number 234-235, January 1975;
“L’Oeil”- number 223, February 1974;
“L’Oeil”- number 217-218, August-September 1973;
“L’Oeil”- number 209, May 1972;
“L’Oeil”- number 230, September 1974;
“The Connoisseur”- Volume 164, number 659, January 1967;
“Demeurs & Chateaux”- number 39 march/April 1987;
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Estimated: $200.00 - $300.00
Next bid is: $50.00
Closes January 28th at 04:15:00 PM EST
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Nine Reference Books & Journals of Canadian and International Art
reference books and journals
“Newlyn Society of Artists” (Goldfish Contemporary Fine Art, 2006);
“Masters of Graphic Art: Goya to Henry Moore” (Fischer Fine Art Limited, 1974);
“Universe of Art II” (Fischer Fine Art Limited, 1972);
“Art News: 150 Years of Photography” (Art News, April 1989);
“Art in America: Guide to Museums, Galleries, Artists: Source to the U.S. Art World” (Art in America, 1998-1999);
“Vlaminck au musée du Luxembourg” (Beaux Arts éditions, 2008);
“Artscanada” (Spring 1972);
“Art News Annual” (Volume XLIV, 1945);
“The Burlington Magazine” (November 1972)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Estimated: $200.00 - $300.00
Current bid: $50.00Next bid is: $75.00
Closes January 28th at 03:15:00 PM EST
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Forty Miscellaneous Artist Exhibition Catalogues
forty catalogues
“Collection 2003-2004” (Galerie Lacroix, 2003);
“Charles Comfort Paintings and Watercolours of the 1920s and ‘30s” (Laing Galleries, 1969);
“Alan C. Collier” (Robert McLaughlin Gallery, 1971):
“Fritz Brandtner 1896-1969” (Sir George Williams University, 1971-2);
“Walter Bachinski” (Mount Saint Vincent University, 1972);
“Bertram Brooker 1888-1955” (The Morris Gallery, 1971);
Borduas et les automatistes Montreal 1942-1955” (Museè des Quèbec, 1971);
“Jack Bush The Decade of Discovery 1952-1962” (Miriam Shiell Fine Art, 1996);
“William Blair Bruce 1859-1906” (The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, 1975);
Four copies of “Borduas and Other Rebels” (Galerie Dresdnere, 1988);
“Canadian Art 70, Vol. XVII, No. 5., September 1960”;
“Aba Bayefsky Paintings, Drawings and Graphics, 2006 exhibition poster”;
“William Henry Clapp” (Lake Gallery, n.d.);
“Jack Bush: Paintings and Drawings 1955-1976” (Arts Council of Great Britain, 1980);
“Caroline and Frank Armington” (Montreal Print Collections Society, n.d.);
“Francois Beaudry Dominion Galerie Invitation, 1990”
Six copies of “Bachinski: A Decade” (Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 1976);
“Marcel Barbeau works from 1957-1989” (Kaspar Gallery, 1989);
“Chester’s Barn” (Lindee Climo, 1983);
“Casson Retrospective” (McMaster University Art Gallery, 1971);
“Alex Colville” (Marlborough Fine Art, 1970);
“A.J. Casson” (Gray, Rand, Steen, 1976);
“Alex Colville” (Fisher Fine Art Limited, n.d.);
“Alex Colville” (Banfer Gallery, 1963);
“The Stuff Dreams Are Made of: The Art and Design of Frederick and Louise Coates” (University of Toronto Library, 1997);
“Paul-Emile Borduas 1905-1960” (The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1962);
Four copies of “François Beaudry” (Galerie Dominion, 1990);
Three copies of “Miller Brittain Retrospective” (Galerie Dresdnere, 1975);
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Estimated: $300.00 - $500.00
Current bid: $325.00Next bid is: $350.00
Closes January 28th at 03:15:00 PM EST
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
A Selection of Thirty Exhibition Catalogues
thirty catalogues
“Canadian Group of Painters” (The Art Gallery of Toronto 1947, The Art Association, Montreal, 1948);
“81st Annual Spring Exhibition” (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1964);
“Catalogue of an Exhibition” (Art Gallery of Toronto, 1930);
“Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings by Canadian Group of Painters” (Art Gallery of Toronto, 1933);
“An Exhibition of Paintings by the Canadian Group of Painters” (Art Gallery of Toronto, 1936);
“Canadian Group of Painters” (Art Gallery of Toronto, Vancouver Art Gallery, 1956-1957);
“Canadian Group of Painters” (Art Gallery of Toronto, 1937, Art Association of Montreal, 1938);
“Royal Canadian Academy of Arts: 76th Annual Exhibition” (Art Gallery of Toronto, 1955-1956);
“Canadian Group of Painters” (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1967);
“Catalogue of the 58th Annual Exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists” (Art Gallery of Toronto, 1930);
“Exhibition of Canadian Painting” (National Gallery of Canada, 1953);
“Ontario Society of Artists: 83rd Annual Exhibition” (Art Gallery of Toronto, 1955);
“Exhibition of the Canadian Group of Painters” (Art Gallery of Toronto, 1954, traveled) - 4 copies;
“Royal Canadian Academy of Arts: 83rd Annual Exhibition” (Art Gallery of Toronto, 1963, traveled);
“Royal Canadian Academy of Arts: 75th Annual Exhibition” (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1954);
“90th Annual Exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists” (Art Gallery of Toronto, 1962);
“5th Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Painting” (National Gallery of Canada, 1963);
“46th Annual Exhibition of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour (London Library and Art Museum, 1971, traveled);
“Ontario Society of Artists” (1996);
“Canadian Group of Painters” (Art Gallery of Toronto, 1959) - 2 copies;
“Canadian Group of Painters” (Vancouver Art Gallery of Toronto, 1961);
“Canadian Group of Painters” (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1963-64);
“Canadian Group of Painters” (Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1965);
“Canadian Group of Painters” (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1960);
“Canadian Group of Painters” (Art Gallery of Toronto, 1962)
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Estimated: $300.00 - $500.00
Current bid: $275.00Next bid is: $300.00
Closes January 28th at 03:15:00 PM EST
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Sixteen Indigenous and Inuit Art Reference Books
books
“Thunderbird Park” (The British Columbia Government Travel Bureau, n.d;
“Songs of Sea and Sky, Songs of Haida Gwaii: Haida Argillite Sculpture” (Masters Gallery Ltd., 2005);
“Totem Poles Volume 1” (Marius Barbeau, National Museum of Canada, 1964);
“Totem Poles Volume 2” (Marius Barbeau, National Museum of Canada, 1964);
“Haida Carvers in Argillite (Marius Barbeau, National Museum of Canada, 1957);
“Tsimsyan Myths: Illustrated” (Marius Barbeau, National Museum of Canada, 1961, signed by the author on inside cover page);
“Medicine Men on the North Pacific Coast” (Marius Barbeau. National Museum of Canada, 1958);
“The Eskimo Art Collection of The Toronto-Dominion Bank” (TD Bank, 1967 with a secondary pamphlet of the TD collection);
“Masterpieces of Indian and Eskimo Art from Canada” (National Gallery of Canada, 1970);
“Portraits of the Indians” (Glenbow, 1975;)
“Genous: First Peoples Art of Canada”- (June 1999);
“Art of the Great Lakes Indians” (Flint Institute of Art, 1973);
“DYN: The Review of Modern Art” (editorial, 1943);
“North American Indian Mythology” (Cottie Burland, 1965);
“Kenojuak” (Jean Blodgett, 1985);
“From the Heart: From the Art in Canada” (National Museum of Man, 1983)
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Estimated: $200.00 - $300.00
Current bid: $75.00Next bid is: $100.00
Closes January 28th at 04:30:00 PM EST
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
A Collection of Exhibition Catalogues and Art Gallery Catalogues
twenty-two catalogues
“Fred Ross: Recent Paintings and Drawings” (Galerie Dresdnere, 1973);
“New Images from Canada” (Banfer Gallery, 1963;)
“An Exhibition of Arctic Paintings by Doris McCarthy” (The Robertson Galleries, n.d. (invitation));
“Knowles- Perehudoff” (Waddington Fine Arts, 1969 (invitation));
“Two Artists from Saskatoon: Dorothy Knowles and Otto Rogers” (The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1969);
“Dorothy Knowles: Recent Landscapes” (David Mirvish Gallery, 1965);
“Peter Harris, 1932-1993: A Tribute” (Roberts Gallery, 1995);
“The CIL Collection: On Tour since 1962” (CIL Collection, 1984;)
“A View of One’s Own” (Canadian Women Artists: 1890-1960”- Masters Gallery Ltd., 1994);
“Barry McCarthy: The Inner Atlantic” (The Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 1995);
“Karen Kulyk: Two Decades, 1972-1992” (Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 1993);
“Esther Warkov: The Recent Years” (The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1972);
“Esther Warkov” (Beaverbrook Art Gallery, 1970-71);
“Hidden City: A Painted Trilogy by Rudolf Stüssi” (Galerie Rochon, 1995, signed by the artist);
“F.H. Varley: Paintings 1915-1954” (The Art Gallery of Toronto, 1954);
“Canadian Abstract Exhibition” (Oshawa YWCA, 1952);
“L.L. FitzGerald: 1890-1956, A Memorial Exhibition” (National Gallery of Canada, 1958);
“Contemporary Art from the City’s Collection” (The Market Gallery, 1985);
“The Samuel E. Weir Collection and Library of Art” (Guide to exhibits, 1992);
“The Art Gallery of Hamilton: Seventy- Five Years (1914-1989)” (The Art Gallery of Hamilton, 1989 with accompanying exhibition listing and inscribed curator business card);
“The Art Gallery of Hamilton: Exhibitions and Collections” (The Art Gallery of Hamilton, 1991);
“Robert Tait McKenzie: Physical Education’s Man of the Century” (James Day, Simon Fraser University, n.d.);
“Canada 101 Edinburgh International Festival” (Edinburgh Festival Society, 1968)
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Estimated: $200.00 - $300.00
Current bid: $150.00Next bid is: $175.00
Closes January 28th at 02:30:00 PM EST
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Twelve Reference Books and Catalogues on Canadian Abstraction
books and catalogues
“Ray Mead: New Paintings” (Waddington and Shiell Galleries Ltd., 1988);
“John Meredith: A Retrospective” (Kaspar Gallery, 1991);
“John Meredith: New Paintings” (The Isaacs Gallery, 1980);
“Origins of Abstraction in Ontario: The Abstracts at Home Show 1953” (The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, 1992);
“A Disquisition on Abstract Painting” (Rous and Mann, 1954);
“Alexandra Luke” (The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, n.d.);
“Tom Hodgson: Creativity Is Change” (Merton Gallery, n.d., signed by Tom Hodgson on inside cover);
“Alfred Pellan” (The National Gallery of Canada, 1960);
“Jock MacDonald: The Inner Landscape: A Retrospective Exhibition” (The Art Gallery of Ontario, 1981);
“G. Iskowitz: An Exhibition of Rare Paintings from the 1960’s and 1970’s” (Miriam Shiell, 2008);
“Gershon Iskowitz: Paintings from the 1980’s” (Miriam Shiell, 2006);
“The Cahén Archives” (collection of publications on Oscar Cahén bound by the artists estate, 2006 with a note writted to to Paul Duval, signed by Michael Cahén);
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Estimated: $200.00 - $300.00
Current bid: $175.00Next bid is: $200.00
Closes January 28th at 03:15:00 PM EST
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Sixteen Print and Printmaking Reference Books
sixteen books
“Practical Notes on Etching” (R.S. Chattock, 1883);
“Monoprints for the artist” (Roger Marsh, 1969);
“Printmakers at Riverside” (The Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery and Anne McPherson, 1995);
“Walter J. Phillips” (Associated American Artists, 1988);
“Etching Methods and Materials: A Description of a New and Simplified Technique” (Wilson Silsby, 1943);
“Silkscreen Techniques” (J.I. Biegeleisen and Max Arthur Cohn, 1958);
“Curatorial Care of Works of Art on Paper” (Anne F. Clapp, 1987);
“A Complete Course of Lithography” (Alois Senefelder, 1977);
“New Ways of Gravure” (Stanley William Hayter, 1981);
“The Prints of Carl Schaefer” (Andrew J. Oko, n.d.);
“Leonard Hutchinson, People’s Artist: Ten Years of Struggle, 1930-1940” (Lynn Hutchinson Brown, 1975);
“The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers in Retrospect” (Art Gallery of Hamilton, 1981);
“Images of the Land Canadian Block Prints 1919-1945” (Patricia Ainslie, 1984);
“Reflections in a Quiet Pool: The Prints of David Milne” (National Gallery of Canada, 1980);
“Canadian Drawings and Prints” (Paul Duval, 1952);
“The Tranquility and the Turbulence” (Roger H. Boulet, 1981);
sold with “A Folio of Original Reproductions” (including Aba Bayefsky, W.J.B. Newcombe, J.A. Hall C. F. Schaefer, W.A. Ogilvie) and J.E.H. MacDonald “Beaver Pond, Algoma” reproduction
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Estimated: $200.00 - $300.00
Current bid: $175.00Next bid is: $200.00
Closes January 28th at 03:15:00 PM EST
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Eleven Artist Handbooks
eleven books
“Painters’ Idiom” (R.W. Alston, 1954);
“Infernal Methods: A Study of William Blake’s Techniques” (Raymond Lister, 1975);
”The Human Figure” (J.H. Vanderpoel, 1915);
“The Illustrator’s Handbook” (Stan Smith and Professor H.F. Ten Holt, 1984);
“The Designer’s Handbooks” (Stan Smith and Professor H.F. Ten Holt, 1984);
“The North Light Handbook of Artists’ Materials” (Ian Hebblewhite, 1986);
“Painting with Acrylics” (José Gutiérrez, n.d.);
“The Mastery of Alla Prima Painting” (Frederic Taubes, 1980);
“The Art of Sumi-E: Appreciation Techniques and Application” (Shozo Sate, 1984);
“Painting Techniques: The Methods and Materials of Painting” (Ludvik Losos, 1987; “Lithography: A Complete Guide” (Mary Ann Wenniger, 1983)
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Estimated: $200.00 - $300.00
Current bid: $75.00Next bid is: $100.00
Closes January 28th at 03:00:00 PM EST
From the Collection of Paul Duval
Bidding Opens
Tuesday, January 21st at 10:00 am EST
Bidding Closes
Tuesday, January 28th beginning at 2:00 pm EST
Previews (January 14th to 28th)
Weekdays: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday, January 25th: 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Paul Duval, a familiar and respected figure in Canadian art, championed Canadian artists for more than half a century. Mr. Duval advocated for and supported the Group of Seven, Quebec’s avant-garde Automatistes and brought attention to Vancouver’s Jack Shadbolt, Toronto’s Ronald York Wilson, female impressionist painter Helen McNicoll and realist Ken Danby.
An art editor for "Saturday Night" magazine, host of CBC Radio’s "The Lively Arts" and art critic for "The Telegram," he shared his vast knowledge of art with the public. Mr. Duval also produced numerous tomes on Canadian art which are still highly regarded to this day.
Born in 1922 in Toronto, Paul’s first ambition was to be a painter. As a young boy, he sketched farm houses in Hoggs Hollow, the late afternoon sun in High Park, Sunnyside at night, the enormous chimneys of the Don Valley Brickworks. When he was 8, he was one of two children chosen from his school to attend Arthur Lismer’s Saturday morning classes at the Art Gallery of Toronto (now Ontario). At 11, he started high school at Central Tech to study art. In his early teens, Paul left home and took refuge in the office of the Canadian Forum, which had reproduced some of his drawings. Eventually he changed his name from Droy to Duval. He soon found work designing booths for the Canadian National Exhibition and, later, for Eaton’s College Street store.
As a boy, Paul idolized Robert Louis Stevenson and wanted to be a writer like him. He continued to paint and exhibit his work into his 20s but writing became his living. His first writing job was as a book reviewer for the Globe and Mail. Then, in 1944, he was hired as the art editor for Saturday Night, a job he held for over 20 years. He used Saturday Night’s national platform to bring attention to artists from coast to coast. He also served as the art critic for the Toronto Telegram for 8 years.
Paul formed lifetime friendships with many of the artists he wrote about in countless exhibition catalogues, including the first for the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, and over 30 books on Canadian art. He organized exhibitions and was instrumental in building a number of important public and private collections. He put Canadian art on the map at a time when we did not see ourselves as having artistic originality and authenticity. He documented Canadian painting so that we would have a body of work that reflected our own internal and external landscapes.
From the late 1950s, Mr. Duval took up residence in the Studio Building in Toronto. The Studio Building was built in 1914 for members of the Group of Seven, a fitting residence for a man who so supported the artists and their achievements. He also was the co-founder of the Canadian Section of the International Association of Art Critics in 1957.
As many have said of Mr. Duval, including both friends and colleagues in the art community, he had the uncanny ability to make the art world accessible to all through his writing, providing a window into the flourishing world of Canadian art. As a gifted painter himself, his expertise was based upon a thorough and deep understanding of art. Recognized as one of Canada’s foremost art experts and critics, Mr. Duval prided himself on his art discoveries and sought to provide Canadians with some sense of a tradition of their own.
Cowley Abbott is delighted to offer this collection of paintings, prints and sculpture, as well as books from the personal collection of Paul Duval. These works and items surrounded Mr. Duval during his life in the Studio Building, a source of joy, inspiration and reference for the celebrated cultural figure.
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